The Ethereum network has been burning ETH since the EIP-1559 first went into effect in early August. Since then, a portion of fees has been continuously burned, taking a large portion of the digital asset out of circulation. This hard fork had been implemented to combat the inflationary nature of Ethereum and it has been successful as countless blocks have been deflationary since the hard fork took place. ETH Burned Clocks 1 Billion The amount of ETH burned has risen along with fees on the network. Increased network usage had caused transactions costs on Ethereum to skyrocket and since EIP-1559 was implemented to burn a third of all fees, a higher volume of ETH has been constantly taken out of circulation. The number had quickly hit 1 million ETH, then 10 million, and by 100 million, the community had turned its eyes towards the billion mark. Related Reading | Institutional Buys Will Put Bitcoin At $500,000 In Five Years, Cathie Wood Ethereum hit this number on Wednesday when the total number of ETH burned on the network had crossed 1 billion. It only took a little over three months to hit this number and as burning ramps up on the network, it may take even less time to hit the 2 billion mark. At the current ETH price, the total amount of ETH burned comes out to over $4.2 billion. Prior to EIP-1559, all this volume would have gone into circulation, increasing the amount of circulating ETH, contributing to the inflationary...
